diff --git a/doc/install/building-ceph.rst b/doc/install/building-ceph.rst
index 6795c6f2591..c7e417194bb 100644
--- a/doc/install/building-ceph.rst
+++ b/doc/install/building-ceph.rst
@@ -11,16 +11,26 @@ following::
 	./configure
 	make
 
-You can use ``make -j`` to execute multiple jobs depending upon your system. For 
-example::
+.. topic:: Memory Profiling
+
+	If Google's memory profile tool isn't supported for your distribution, you may
+	use ``./configure`` with the ``--without-tcmalloc`` option. See 
+	`Memory Profiling`_ for details on using memory profiling.
+
+
+.. topic:: Hyperthreading
+
+	You can use ``make -j`` to execute multiple jobs depending upon your system. For 
+	example, ``make -j4`` for a dual core processor may build faster.
 
-	make -j4
 
 To install Ceph locally, you may also use::
 
 	sudo make install
 
-If you install Ceph locally, ``make`` will place the executables in 
-``usr/local/bin``. You may add the ``ceph.conf`` file to the ``usr/local/bin`` 
-directory to run an evaluation environment of Ceph from a single directory.
+If you install Ceph locally, ``make`` will place the executables in
+``usr/local/bin``. You may add the Ceph configuration file to the
+``usr/local/bin`` directory to run an evaluation environment of Ceph from a
+single directory.
 
+.. _Memory Profiling: ../../rados/operations/memory-profiling
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